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HYMN.
SUNG AT THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH, WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
Thanks to Thee, O God most high,
For the men, the days gone by!
Thanks for all the fathers wrought;
For their patient toil of thought;
For their faith, which lit the land
With a glory clear and grand;
For the victories that they won
Through the gospel of Thy Son.
For the men, the days gone by!
Thanks for all the fathers wrought;
For their patient toil of thought;
For their faith, which lit the land
With a glory clear and grand;
For the victories that they won
Through the gospel of Thy Son.
Standing where they stood, we turn
Unto Thee, our way to learn.
Let our inward purpose be,
Not to follow them, but Thee!
Heirs of many a harvest field
From their cloudy dawn concealed,
Toiling after them, we share
Thankfully their hope and prayer.
Unto Thee, our way to learn.
Let our inward purpose be,
Not to follow them, but Thee!
Heirs of many a harvest field
From their cloudy dawn concealed,
Toiling after them, we share
Thankfully their hope and prayer.
But the conquests of the Past
Pale before the Future vast:
Brightening on the eastern sky,
Lo, Thy coming draweth nigh!
Deep as inmost thought can sound,
Wide as farthest being's bound,
Earth and heaven Thy praise shall swell.
Present God—Immanuel!
Pale before the Future vast:
Brightening on the eastern sky,
Lo, Thy coming draweth nigh!
Deep as inmost thought can sound,
Wide as farthest being's bound,
Earth and heaven Thy praise shall swell.
Present God—Immanuel!
Builded not by mortal hands,
Evermore Thy temple stands:
Rising glorious from the clod,
Man Thy temple is, O God!
Through him let Thy Spirit flow
Till our world no night shall know,
And the heights and depths shall ring
With the name of Christ, our King!
Evermore Thy temple stands:
Rising glorious from the clod,
Man Thy temple is, O God!
Through him let Thy Spirit flow
Till our world no night shall know,
And the heights and depths shall ring
With the name of Christ, our King!
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